The only funk above is the network_service item. This is really just the network adapter's name. So, to set an IP of 10.0.0.2 with a subnet of 255.0.0.0 and a default route of 10.0.0.1 on my MacBook Pro's ethernet address, I'd do the following:

# networksetup -setmanual Ethernet 10.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 10.0.0.1

Note, you've gotta be root (or sudo it).

This **WILL** persist through reboots.

Force Safari to Reload Cached Webpage

Alt/Option + Click Reload Button

Ctrl + Cmd + R

Leopard Tricks & Hints

So, it appears that there a lot of new looks in Leopard that people don't really like. I'm going to try and consolidate all of those here, with a fix for each. Please feel free to contribute!

Time Machine Backup Interval

Dock Glass/3D Undo

If you hate the new 3D crap that Apple has bestowed upon the dock, you can disable it and get, what I would term as, a pretty darn good compromise. Simply open your terminal and type the following commands:

# defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
# killall Dock

Alternatively, you can put your dock on the side, and automatically get this new appearance.

Replace Dock Glowing Dots

Get Round Corners

Change Background Image at Startup

To change the startup background image, simply replace the JPG file at /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg.

Lock the Dock

There are multiple ways to lock the Dock in OS X Leopard. The first is to enable Parental controls on a given account, where you can enable/disable the ability of the user to 'Modify the Dock.' This requires a user not being an administrator, which can be a drag if you just want to keep from accidental deletions.

Method 1

The quickest method is to run the following command as the user who wants their dock locked:

defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true

To make this apply, restart the dock with the following command:

osascript -e 'tell application "Dock" to quit'

To unlock the dock again, run the same command as above, replacing true with false:

defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool false

You'll need to run the command above to restart the dock for changes to take affect.

Method 2

If you've got a directory server, or are running the Server edition of Mac OS X, you can simply enable the dock locking feature in account preferences within the control panel.

Method 3

Lion Tricks/Hints

DNS Search Domains

The retards engineers at Apple have decided, for some unknown reason, to disable the appending of search domains for all lookups, by default. Fortunately, the fix is easy, and should be permanent.

First, edit /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in your favorite editor. This needs to be edited as the root user due to permissions. Within that file, find the following string: